Given the accelerated transformation of the lighting market to semiconductor based products, Osram is pushing forward the entered path of its corporate reorganization. The company had already initiated a comprehensive corporate program in ...
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European reformate prices have dropped sharply as the Europe-China reformate arbitrage route has closed following a drop in domestic gasoline prices in China, sources said this week. Last week, the Chinese government decreased domestic ...
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Exopack has established a new manufacturing center of excellence for its pet food business in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in a bid to sustain its position in the development and manufacture of packaging solutions for the pet food market. ...
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US-based Thiele Technologies has unveiled the new fully automatic Salwasser Model ITL 300 Integrated Top Load Case Packer, which is capable of top loading product into RSC or HSC cases. The ITL 300 provides flexibility in both machine ...
Hostess Brands,a maker of breads and sweet goods in the US,has plans to permanently close its three bakeries following a nationwide strike by its bakers union. The company,which produces Twinkies,Ding Dongs and Wonder Bread,said that the ...
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Freshlink Foods is planning to close its frozen sausage factory in Glasgow, Scotland, putting nearly 145 jobs at risk. The company has initiated a 90-day consultation period with its workforce about the future of the plant. According to ...
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Royal DSM,a life sciences and materials sciences firm based in the Netherlands,has entered into an agreement to acquire Fortitech,a US-based provider of food ingredient blends,for$634m in cash. Fortitech,a privately-held company based in ...
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Hostess Brands,a producer of bakery products in the US,and the company's largest union have agreed to enter a confidential mediation to resolve their differences in order to avoid the liquidation of the company. While the company sought ...
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Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), a unit of India's Tata Motors, is planning to expand its UK plant at Castle Bromwich to manufacture new models. As per the plan, the company will invest around GBP200m in the plant and employ 1,000 people to ...
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Osram has announced plans to cut 4,700 jobs after it is spun off from Siemens. The cuts, which will amount to 12 per cent of the company's workforce, are planned to take effect by 2014 to achieve cumulative gross savings of 1 billion ...
Environment Minister Corrado Clini said Tuesday that the government was ready to take on prosecutors in order to keep the troubled ILVA steel plant in the southern city of Taranto open. ILVA said Monday's court order for the seizure of ...
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Osram will invest in production facilities such as an LED assembly plant in China, while at the same time selling other plants that make products using older lighting technologies. After parent company Siemens said it will spin off Osram ...
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US packaged foods company ConAgra Foods plans to close its manufacturing facility in Little Rock,Arkansas,in late spring 2013,a move that will put 240 jobs at risk. ConAgra Foods gained ownership of the Little Rock facility when it ...
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Austrian chemical and plastics solutions provider Borealis has announced the launch of the new transparent polypropylene (PP) grade, Borpact SH950MO for the frozen food packaging sector. Borpact SH950MO, which is based on Borealis ...
NSW Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) director of customer and compliance Peter Wells has issued a reminder to the transport industry to check loads before heading out on to the road network. “We know the majority of the industry ...
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